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Role and Future of

Computing at Universities:

Building Capacity:

Big+Wide+Deep

Rob A. Rutenbar

Dept of Computer Science

University of Illinois

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Yes, They Are Coming In Front Door…

At Illinois, this is the CS

major in Engineering

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“Sub Optimal” Institutional Responses

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Can’t ignore it.

Can’t hope it just goes away.

Can’t just say “No, sorry….”

Must build capacity to respond

aggressively.

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Better Response: Become a Hub For…

Compute

+ Data

Health, Med

Art / Design

Social Sci

Societal

Science

Business/Law

Humanities

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Instructional Units ‘14-15

Response the First: Go BIG

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More Illinois CS Majors More Illinois CS Classes

& Seats for EVERYBODY

½ CS Majors

¼ Engineers

¼ Everybody

Else

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Response the Second: Go WIDE

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“It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the

humanities, that yields the results that make our heart sing.”

Steve Jobs

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Illinois CS+X Degrees

They are not: Minor in CS/X. Dual degree.

They are: CS(1/2) + X(1/2)= Bachelors Degree in X

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Computer

Science

Discipline

“X”

+ “X”

CS + =

Same CS core

classes for all +X

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Illinois CS+X: Portfolio

CS+Statistics CS+Math

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Legacy degrees, decades old

CS+Linguistics CS+Chemistry

CS+Anthropology CS+Astronomy Design started in 2010,

approved 2013, admits 2014

Junior

admit

2014

Soph

admit

2015

Fresh

admit

2016

Senior

Next

Year

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Illinois CS+X: Traction

Linguistics Anthropology Astronomy Statistics

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~11% Of students

~25% Of students

~28% Of students

~36% Of students

ANTHROPOLOGY

PLUSX REST

ASTRONOMY

1 2

LINGUISTICS

1 2

STATISTICS

1 2

+X +X +X +X

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Illinois CS+X: Rising Popularity

Dramatic surge of interest “to be next X”

Likely pivoting toward more {CS+DataSci}+X

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CS+Advertising CS+Music

Next 3 X’s

In discussion CropSci Educat Economics

English Art/Design Business

CS+Philosophy

GeoScience

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Illinois CS+X: Why Go WIDE?

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Positive pressure Negative pressure

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/06/the-morbid-

fascination-with-the-death-of-the-humanities/372216/

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Illinois CS+X: Today’s Numbers

CS+X approaching 30% of all CS

CS+X approaching 50% of admitted Freshman ‘16 class

CS+X new degrees now 28% female

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Total CS Enrollment Freshman 2016 Enrollment

71%

29%

ChartTitle

CS

CS+X 55%45%

ChartTitle

CS

CS+X

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Response the Third: Go DEEP

Deep = Distant. Access for folks not local to campus

Coursera is one of the large MOOC platform providers

Illinois is currently Coursera’s largest academic partner

Computer Science MOOCs are a huge, strategic part of partnership

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CS#

OTHER#

903,370 registered

in CS@Illinois MOOCs

(2.6M total at UIUC)

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Computing Enrollments: Build Capacity

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Go BIG: For CS Majors

Go WIDE:

+X

+X

+X

+X

+X

+X

+X

+X +X

+X

+X

+X

Go DEEP:

MOOC

MOOC

MOOC

MOOC

MOOC

MOOC